Vestal's Bunn Hill Housing Construction Project Picking Up Speed

Work is moving forward on the development of a massive housing project in the town of Vestal.

Crews began clearing the 43-acre site between Bunn Hill and Jensen roads began one year ago and construction operations started last October.

A Georgia company - Landmark Properties - battled local opponents of the project for several years before receiving approval to build the project, which is located less than a mile south of the Binghamton University campus.

FLASHBACK: A sign posted near the Retreat at Bunn Hill site on April 24, 2024. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

Excavation activity is continuing at the site. On Thursday, large dump trucks continued delivering more material before construction starts on the 161 "cottage-style" units.

A Landmark Construction representative in Vestal was not authorized to discuss the project with a reporter. The developers have not been available for comment.

Soil was being dumped at the Retreat at Bunn Hill construction site in Vestal on April 10, 2025. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

The land where the student housing is being built was owned by the Kradjian family.

A sign at the site indicates cottages with two to five bedrooms will be available. Landmark Properties has indicated people will be able to choose from "15 unique floor plans."

A tractor-trailer delivered concrete barriers to the Vestal construction site on April 10, 2025. (Photo: Bob Joseph/WNBF News)

The complex is to include a 12,000-square-foot clubhouse and a heated outdoor pool. It will have a total of 700 beds and 554 parking spaces.

The Vestal project will be the third housing development for Landmark Properties in New York state. The company currently has a complex in Buffalo and is planning to open one in Syracuse late next year.

WNBF NEWS VIDEO: If you drive by the construction site, you can't see much. This is was what was going on off Bunn Hill Road on April 10, 2025.

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